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() 2. The loud noise that Clancy heard came from the fight between the whales and the killers.
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On Tuesday,scientists announced that they have discovered the bones of four settlers in. Jamestown,Virginia,dating as far back as 1608. Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in what became the United States. The bones were unearthed under the floor of a Jamestown church which was discovered in 2010 and is considered as America，s first Protestant church(新教教会).
The Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation at Historic Jamestowne and the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History announced that the settlers held high leadership positions. The men,Rev.Robert Hunt,Capt. Gabriel Archer,Sir Ferdinando Wainman,and Capt. William West,all played a role in the Jamestown settlement. After being lost to history for more than 400 years,the discovery of their remains provides new clues about their life and the importance of religion in the 1600s.
“This is a very important discovery,” Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation President James Horn said in a statement. “These men were among the first founders of English America."
About 100 people settled along the James River in what would become the first English settlement m 1607. During that time,settlers in Jamestown were faced with famine and disease The colony was nearly wiped out due to conflict with Native Amencans in the area and with other English settlers.
"They lived and died at a hard time in the history of the settlement — when Jamestown almost ended in failure," Horn said. “The bones of these men help fill in the stories of their lives ”
The Smithsonian and the Rediscovery Foundation fouund the remains in November of 2013. Scientists used 3-D technology to locate the exact gravesites of the men. The team wanted to identify its findings before announcing the discovery. They identified the men using historical records and studied the chemicals of the bones to learn what the men ate and where they came from.
Findings from the burials will go on display within weeks at Historic Jamestowne^ The site also plans to honor the men and will keep their bones in a safe place for foture study.
1. The bones found in a Jamestown church.
A. were first discovered in 2010
B. have proved to be a family of four
C. are complete and easy to recognize
D. have been buried for over four centuries
2. The discovery in Jamestown is helpful for scientists to know more about .
A. the history of the James River
B. America's first English settlers
C. Native Americans in Jamestown
D. America's first Protestant church
3.The underlined phrase ‘Wiped out” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to .
A. supported fully
B. developed rapidly
C. destroyed completely
D. protected successfully
4. What can we learn from Paragraph 6 ?
A. How scientists identified the four leaders.
B. How scientists keep the bones in good shape.
C. Why the four leaders were buried in Jamestown.
D. Why the four leaders chose to settle in Jamestown.
5.This text is most probably.
A. a history paper B. a research paper
C. a warning message D. a newspaper report
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The day that you enjoy all the 61. (satisfy) of having all the housework done by a robot might still be a few decades off. But increasingly,engineers are saying 62. robots are going to make the leap from the factory floor to your family room.
Bill Gates once 63. (predict) the “Dawn of the Age of Robots”. What's behind this new era? It's partly 64.
matter of technology. Devices 65. can recognize and respond to a human voice have been developed. There are now a few different ways for robots 66. (move) around. They can walk,crawl or ride on wheels. They 67. (make) smaller and smaller these days and also becoming more and more efficient.
A bigger part of the story is on the demand side. From the 1950s 68. the television remote control was invented,people around the world have tirelessly searched for ways to get lazier. Also 69. (consider) the increasing wealth of people,engineers believe the time appears ripe to introduce robots to ease our daily lives. Robots will do basic housework such 70. cleaning or gardening,or just help you have more fun on the basketball court.
How young com办zrs (美洲狮) leam to hunt is one of the things cougar researchers like Mark Elbroch are working hard to figure out. “We know nothing about their secret lives' Elbroch says. He and his team track cougars deep in the Wyoming wilderness.
An adult called F51 was one of the cougars they kept (标签) on —they followed her using the satellite signal from her electronic collar. One fall when Elbroch discovered that F51 had given birth to four kittens — three females and a male —he put expandable tracking collars on them too,so he could follow them as they grew.
About one week after they were bom,their eyes opened. Their fur was thick enough to blanket them from the oncoming cold winter. Their brown and black spots could mix with the forest,helping to keep them safe from (食肉动物) .
By the time they were five weeks old the four kittens were restless to leave their home. They'd still be nursed for another month,but they were ready to go out of their hideaway with their mother. They began to learn their way around Mom's territory(领地). As they grew older and stronger,they learned how to search for food by following their mother,watching her select an animal to approach,and observing how she caught the animal.
While they were only a few weeks old,Mom would tell her kittens to hide when she hunted. Sometimes she has to travel a couple of miles to find'meal. “The minute she makes the kill,she hides it and heads back for the kittens,and they follow her to the kill site,” Elbroch says.
But the kittens learned that sometimes meal plans change quickly. In February and March,wolves chased F51 and her kittens away from six different kills. During the cold winter,one kitten disappeared” probably a victim of wolves,and another didn，t survive the bitterly cold weather.
Luckily F51 was able to provide plenty of food for her two remaining kittens. She shares her territory with another female,and they are friendly with each other. F5Ts kittens have learned that cooperation is a choice. “We have seen females get together and share food”’Elbroch says. “F51 spent three or four months sharing almost every kill with an unrelated female and her kittens."
1.Why did the researchers put tracking collars on the four kittens?
A. To prevent them getting lost.
B. To keep track of their growth.
C. To come to their rescue in time.
D. To learn how they master survival skills.
2.The spots on cougars’ bodies serve the purpose of .
A. protection B. decoration
C. communication D. identification
3.The underlined word “restless” in Paragraph 4 probably means.
A. safe B. unwilling
C. afraid D. anxious
4.When F51 killed an animal,she would.
A. enjoy it herself
B. share it with her kittens
C. hide it in her own home
D. ask other females for help
5.This text mainly deals with cougars'.
A. determination B. intelligence
C. toughness D. friendliness
3. The young man admired (自己在镜中的影像) .
4. She didn't want her son to (take) away.
() 7. The whale's body would be carried to land after it floated up to the surface.
2. Pick the chair up instead of (拖) it behind you!
5. Brian wouldn’t leave work until he the job he’d done.
